278: Territory upgrade completed!

Mo Yan gave a virtual helping hand, signaling her to rise.

"Go, Tianyin Pavilion needs a force strong enough to stir up trouble."

"Yes, Lord!"

Hua Li bowed solemnly, then quietly exited the study with one hundred Array Star Officials.

Watching her departing figure, Mo Yan's lips curved slightly.

What he gave was far more than she wanted.

Only then could he gain the most complete loyalty.

After dealing with this matter, Mo Yan looked at his Talent Space, where two legendary-grade architectural blueprints and one Epic architectural blueprint were still quietly lying at the bottom of the box.

Nine Revolutions Glazed Mountain Protection Formation.

Trial Tower.

Talisman Hall.

Previously, due to lack of Materials, they could not be built.

Now, everything was ready.

"However, before building, I need to re-plan the layout of the territory."

Mo Yan looked out the window, frowning slightly.

Just now, his Divine Sense caught a sense of being spied on, coming from afar, touching the boundary of the territory, and then immediately retracting.

Although it was fleeting, the greed and probing within that gaze were clearly captured by him.

"Have the rats already become impatient...?" Mo Yan's eyes turned cold.

Starting tomorrow, H City would become a chaotic mix of people, with Geniuses from all walks of life gathering.

He had thought he could still have one day of peace, but he didn't expect someone to start being unable to hold back now.

"That's good too," he muttered to himself, "It's time to hide some things."

Mo Yan stood up, and with a thought, his entire person instantly appeared on top of the Lords Manor.

He looked down at the thriving Cangming City below.

As far as his eyes could see, residents sat cross-legged under the Enlightenment Stele, comprehending Cultivation Techniques, a faint scent of medicine wafted from the chimney of the Nine Revolutions Pill Chamber, and light flickered on the Ancient Teleportation Altar, with patrolling Soldiers returning from time to time.

Everything was orderly.

But it was also too open.

"In the future, there will be more miscellaneous people here."

Mo Yan muttered to himself.

He didn't want the core buildings of his territory to become tourist attractions for others.

"Uncle Qin, transmit my order."

His voice reached Uncle Qin, who was currently tallying supplies, through the communicator.

"All residents, temporarily leave the hundred-meter radius around the Enlightenment Stele, Nine Revolutions Pill Chamber, and Ancient Teleportation Altar."

"Yes, Lord!"

Although Uncle Qin was puzzled, he immediately carried out the order.

Soon, with a series of kind reminders and evacuations, the areas around the three buildings were cleared.

Mo Yan opened the building panel and focused his consciousness on the Enlightenment Stele, which exuded the aura of the Dao.

"Collect!"

Boom!

The ground suddenly shook, and all the residents of Cangming City felt the tremor beneath their feet, looking in amazement towards the Enlightenment Stele.

They saw the giant stone stele, dozens of meters high, slowly rising from the ground amidst a violent spatial fluctuation!

Below the stone stele was not earth, but a bottomless spatial vortex.

Under countless shocked gazes, the Enlightenment Stele was lifted by an invisible force, shrinking, and finally transforming into a stream of light, disappearing into the air.

Next, it was the Nine Revolutions Pill Chamber, then the Ancient Teleportation Altar...

Three buildings of legendary Rank and above, in just a few minutes, successively staged a miraculous Ascension, disappearing out of thin air from Cangming City.

"Oh my god! The Enlightenment Stele... the Enlightenment Stele flew away!" A resident pointed at the empty ground, his voice trembling.

"It's the Lord! I saw it, it's the Lord standing on top of the Lords Manor!"

This reminder made everyone instinctively look up.

They saw Mo Yan's robes fluttering, like a deity.

After a brief moment of astonishment, the crowd erupted in thunderous cheers and discussions.

And at this moment, within the Xumi Realm.

Mo Yan's figure quietly appeared.

Following his will, three streams of light descended from the sky in different directions.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three loud bangs, and the earth rumbled.

In an instant, the Spiritual Qi concentration throughout the Xumi Realm surged again!

"This is the true Forbidden Ground of my Cangming City."

After doing all this, Mo Yan unhurriedly took out the new architectural blueprints from his Talent Space.

The first one, Trial Tower.

[Prompt: Do you want to consume 500,000 wood, 500,000 stone, 500,000 iron ore, 100 Five Elements Essence, and 100 essence of exotic beast to build the Trial Tower?]

"Yes!"

Mo Yan chose to build it next to the Enlightenment Stele.

Accompanying the disappearance of a massive amount of resources, a massive black tower exuding an ancient and rustic aura rose from the ground within the Xumi Realm!

First floor, second floor, third floor...

Each level of the tower was inscribed with different magical patterns, corresponding to different trial illusions.

[Prompt: Trial Tower, remaining construction time: Thirteen days, 23:59:59.]

"With this Trial Tower, General Ao Zhan's Soldiers will be able to experience the most brutal battles in the safest environment."

Then, Mo Yan returned to the Lords Manor outside and unfolded the second blueprint.

Nine Revolutions Glazed Mountain Protection Formation.

He chose to directly fuse the Formation base of this great Formation with the Lords Manor.

"Build!"

[Prompt: Nine Revolutions Glazed Mountain Protection Formation, remaining construction time: Thirteen days, 23:59:59.]

...

"Now, even if I leave the territory, the Formation Master will be able to use the great Formation to block most of the petty thieves," Mo Yan thought to himself.

Immediately after, a faint, translucent, nine-colored glazed light shield flickered and disappeared, enveloping the entire territory, hidden from view.

Outwardly, there was no change, but Mo Yan knew that once completed, the territory would become impregnable.

Even if a strong cultivator personally arrived, they wouldn't be able to break through this great Formation in a short time.

The third one, Talisman Hall.

Although the Rank of this blueprint was not high, its function was crucial.

Mo Yan built it next to the academy within the territory.

A classical-style hall phantom rose from the ground, with desks, cinnabar, Talisman paper, and other tools needed for Talisman crafting automatically generated inside.

This would be the cradle for cultivating Talisman Masters within the territory.

[Prompt: Talisman Hall, remaining construction time: 05:59:59.]

After all this, before Mo Yan could even catch his breath, a series of dense System prompts frantically flooded the screen.

[Prompt: Your territory has a new legendary-grade building, Trial Tower, Prosperity +280!]

[Prompt: Your territory has a new legendary-grade building, Nine Revolutions Glazed Mountain Protection Formation, Prosperity +280!]

[Prompt: Your territory has a new rare-grade building, Talisman Hall, Prosperity +50!]

[Prompt: Xumi Realm has met the upgrade conditions, do you want to upgrade?]

Mo Yan looked at the long-awaited prompt on the panel.

"Upgrade."

[Prompt: Xumi Realm, remaining upgrade time: Two days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]

"Thirteen days..."

Mo Yan was quite satisfied with these construction times.

Legendary-grade buildings inherently had long construction periods.

What he looked forward to more was the upgrade of the Xumi Realm.

That independent small world was the true trump card of his territory.

Every transformation would bring about huge changes.

Just as his thoughts were flowing, a series of dense System prompts suddenly flashed across his eyes.

[Prompt: Territory upgrade completed, current Territory Rank: Lv8!]

[Prompt: Territory scope expanded to 2500 meters x 2500 meters!]

[Prompt: Population limit increased to 2900!]

[Prompt: Unlocked building upgrade limit: Lv7 -> Lv8!]

[Prompt: Territory Prosperity requirement increased, Prosperity required for next Rank (Lv9): 12600 points.]

It's here!

Upgrading the territory to Rank eight meant an all-around improvement.

Whether it was the expansion of the territory's scope or the increase in the population limit, both provided broader space for future development.

Especially the unlocking of the building Rank limit, which allowed his functional buildings to receive another wave of enhancements.

"Twelve thousand six hundred Prosperity..."

Mo Yan glanced at this number and didn't find it particularly difficult.

Once the two legendary-grade buildings in the Xumi Realm were completed, Prosperity would surge.

Coupled with subsequently upgrading all buildings to Rank eight, upgrading to Rank nine was only a matter of time.

Now, the only thing limiting his development speed was Advanced Materials.

Basic resources, under the bonus of his SSS-grade Talent, were almost inexhaustible.

But things like the large amounts of crystals, spiritual wood, and Crystal Essence needed to upgrade Epic buildings were produced in small quantities and could only wait for automatic production and processing and synthesis from the Crystal Essence Workshop.